My defragmenter will not work in xp?

[Lon]

I tried this John unfortunately it didn't work. If you
have any more ideas please let me know.

Thanks,

Lon
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried defragmenting your drive from safe mode?
>Only minimal drivers and services are running in safe
>mode, therefore this may help. rebbot your machine and
as
>the bios details appear repeatedly press the F8 key
until
>a menu appears, then select safe mode. Then go to
control
>panel>administrative tools>cmputer management>defragment.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>John Barnett - MVP
>Associate Expert
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I must use ez-bios in order for my older computer to
>>accept a larger hard drive. After installing the xp
>>operating system I find that the defragmenter will not
>>work. Does anyone know of any remedies that I might
>>employ to get the defragmenter to work? or is their a
>>patch that i could download to make it work? or should
I
>>just get another defragmenter? Any help would be much
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Is there an error message that is being displayed when you try to
defragment? Please elaborate on what you mean by your defragmenter will not
work.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows Storage Management/File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.


"Lon" > wrote in message
...
> I tried this John unfortunately it didn't work. If you
> have any more ideas please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lon
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Have you tried defragmenting your drive from safe mode?
> >Only minimal drivers and services are running in safe
> >mode, therefore this may help. rebbot your machine and
> as
> >the bios details appear repeatedly press the F8 key
> until
> >a menu appears, then select safe mode. Then go to
> control
> >panel>administrative tools>cmputer management>defragment.
> >
> >Hope this helps
> >
> >John Barnett - MVP
> >Associate Expert
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I must use ez-bios in order for my older computer to
> >>accept a larger hard drive. After installing the xp
> >>operating system I find that the defragmenter will not
> >>work. Does anyone know of any remedies that I might
> >>employ to get the defragmenter to work? or is their a
> >>patch that i could download to make it work? or should
> I
> >>just get another defragmenter? Any help would be much
> >>appreciated.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >